Five years ago, Apple Inc. sued an electronic-waste partner based in Toronto, alleging it misappropriated nearly 100,000 iPhones and other Apple devices due to be scrapped. Now the lawsuit has been “mysteriously” dropped, according to Bloomberg.
In early October 2020, Apple sued GEEP Canada, an Ontario electronics firm, claiming it stole nearly 100,000 products for resale. Said products allegedly included iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches GEEP was supposed to destroy. In the lawsuit, Apple claims that the resales damaged the demand for new products and hurt its brand by keeping products intended to be destroyed on the market.
According to a report by The Logic, GEEP filed a counter suit claiming that the resales were conducted by three “rogue” employees without the knowledge of the company. Apple apparently didn’t buy that and claimed that these employees were, in fact, senior management at the firm.
Now, a clerk for Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice tells Austin Carr of Bloomberg that the case is no longer active. According to a new motion made by Apple, its lawsuit against GEEP was dismissed “without costs” in late January.
GEEP is privately held by the Giampaolo Group of Companies, North America’s principal fully integrated metal management company.
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